I'm Really happy about this development, now we have the precedent that if Brexit is unbearably stupid for an area, it can stay in. That certainly counts for London and Scotland at least. Even after "Brexit" has supposedly happened, Various regions can keep fighting for whatever deal northern Ireland has.

I'm tempted to tell Northern Ireland that Brexit means Brexit and they can live with a hard border. Tough luck, we all voted to chop our nose off, let's get cutting and place all the blame at the tory's feet.

The usual. American girl meets British guy. They fall into like, then into love. Then there was the big decision. The American traveled across the pond to join the Brit. And life was never the same again.

Of course they knew as it was in the DUP conditions because they also want a Brexit. There has been enough about it in the NI papers too.

It struck me that this was game playing to strengthen May's hand. The EU went into the talks saying that this is their final deadline, but came out of the meeting backtracking on that. The move seems to have been designed to force the EU to show their hand.

If you are going to use the BBC for your source, be aware that the BBC has received money from the EU.

I've yet to encounter a civil servant who is actually fully functioning and capable of seeing the big picture so I'm not surprised. She's caved on everything else anyway, we will probably end up getting a second referendum at this rate.

Of course they knew as it was in the DUP conditions because they also want a Brexit. There has been enough about it in the NI papers too.

It struck me that this was game playing to strengthen May's hand. The EU went into the talks saying that this is their final deadline, but came out of the meeting backtracking on that. The move seems to have been designed to force the EU to show their hand.

If you are going to use the BBC for your source, be aware that the BBC has received money from the EU.

So, just to make sure I understand what you're saying, Mrs May intended for this part of the negotiations to look like a disaster as part of her master plan? And the only reason it looks like a disaster is because the link is from the BBC, and the BBC is biased against Brexit, so they are reporting it according to a narrative that does not reflect reality?

So, just to make sure I understand what you're saying, Mrs May intended for this part of the negotiations to look like a disaster as part of her master plan? And the only reason it looks like a disaster is because the link is from the BBC, and the BBC is biased against Brexit, so they are reporting it according to a narrative that does not reflect reality?

Do I have that right?

A non-biased source exists, I assume, which is reporting this episode as a master stroke of strategic thinking? Do you have a link to that?

I can't be the only one that reads the newspapers and twitter? Am I? Quite a few think the same as I do.

If you have missed the last few years of reports about the money the BBC takes from the EU, these are also quite easy to find on a search engine.